Richford High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Richford, VT)

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R. H. S. SEARCHLIGHT 19 tell that person's past and present. I hope to perfect it someday so it will tell one's future also. Rushford: Why, don't you try it out on some of our classmates and see what has become of them. I don't believe your machine can possibly do it. Wilson: I know it does seem impossi- ble, but there is no reason that I know of why it shouldnft work. Let's try it anyway. Look out Alice! don't get your finger on that hand switch. It is carrying a power- ful current. Here fHands her a paper and pencil! write out oh, about five names. Magoon: lWrites them and hands back sheetj Do you mean to say that it can tell of all these five at once? Wilson: Yes, I belive it could do seven at once if necessary. lTakes sheet and puts it in machine, regulates various switches and dials. There is a flash and the paper comes out printedj There! what did I tell you? I set it so that it will only tell of ac- tions since they left school. Here they are. fReadsl Alice R. Magoon fstops reading and speaks to MJ Did you write your own name on that other paper? Magoon: Yes, I wanted to see if it could tell how I have spent my time then I could tell whether to believe what it said concerning the others or not. Rushford: Hurry up! I am anxious to know what it has written.. Wilson: Well, here it is. fReadsJ Alice R. Magoon: Immediately after leaving school Miss Mafroon took up forgein missionary work and was soon sent to Finland, where she is doing a fine service among the desti- tute children. At present she is somewhere in America. Magoon: That's right! Your machine is a wonder. Whose name is next? Wilson: lReadsJ Lorne J. Bruso: When Mr. Bruso left school he took up a course in Dendrology or tree surgery, and after tra- veling through our country has now settled in New Jersey because of the attractiveness of the shrubs and bushes in that state. James R. McKenney: Mr. McKenney has recently given up his brilliant career as a baseball player to take up public speaking. He was so deeply stirred by the numerous lectures he heard at one time on the preser- vation of forests that he is now conducting a world wide campaign for the conserva- tion of our natural resources. Wilson: Well look who's here. fReadsJ Marjorie F. Willard: Miss Willard for the past five years has been carrying on a beauty parlor in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Her trade is immense. What she does to make homely girls pretty is enough to at- tract anyone's attention to her work. No one can miss the sign Willard Beauty Shop painted in large red letters directly over the door. Hilda B. Demar: For two years Miss Demar has been managing fashion shows every month in the Princess Theater at New York. Only recently has he taken up a nurses training course at the Simmon's hospital in that city. Rushford: That machine will bring yotuva fortune. Whose name is next on the is . Wilson: That is all on this paper. Here fhands her a paper and pencil! you write out a few names. Let's try seven this time. I think it 'will take care of them. fTakes paper and puts it in machine. After moving certain dials and switches there is a flash and the printed paper is out.J Yes, it did. Here they are. fReadsJ Everett H. Ayer: Mr. Ayer is now a high powered salesman for a large firm in New York. He is selling a new sort of pipe which is the most enjoyable to be found on the market. These are strictly guaranteed not to make one dizzy. Floyd R. Chaffee: After leaving school he went to the General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York. Here he worked up rapidly, but becoming tired of the work after a while he returned home to the farm where he can enjoy his favorite sport Bee Hunting. Laura C. Rounds: Miss Rounds for three years has been a teacher of English at Boston University. Although she loves Boston she is living in Somerville, and pro- bably will continue to do so for many years to come. A. Cyril Chaffee: Mr. Chaffee is now liv- ing with his family in Somerville and is General Manager of Henry Ford's new plant in Boston, Mass. Mr. Chaffee convinced Mr. Ford that he could convert the two hundred ships, which were bought from the govern- ment into Flivers and thus secure a position which is bringing him a fortune. Dorothy J. Cull: Miss Cull is now before the Supreme Court of the United States.

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18 R. H. S. SEARCHLIGHT Rowley another To-Leon Parsons, a box of talcum powder to remind him of Rowley. To-Muriel Rowse, a book on How to all the Get Thin. To-Hallie Scott, a book of famous actors and actresses so that she may be well informed on the subject. To-Esther Mandigo, Pond's Jews Harp hoping that she will play it as well as he does. In witness whereof, the undersigned, have hereunto subscribed our names this ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-six. Class of 1926. Per Dorothy J. Cull Wilbert J. Patton Witnesses: Will Dolittle General Nuisance CLASS POEM Now that our days in High School are past, And the world lies before us at last: We lgnow how happy these short years have een And wish we could live them over again. Let us stop to consider what we've done and learned Before this first page of our life is turned. We have learned our lessons-except a few And tried to do the best we knew, To work and play, to take and give, And that is living and learnin.g to live. The pals we have had and the friends we've known, The games we played and lost or won Will in our memories grow dim or clear Accordingly as We hold them dear. We'll forget the saddness, unkindness, or pain, They were all too small to let them remain In our memories through which in after days These times will be seen in a golden haze And all the happy times we've had - Will come again to make us glad. James R. McKenney CLASS PROPHECY fCurtain risesl fWilson is putting the finishing touches on a complicated piece of machinery.J Wilson: There, that's done. Now I'll try it when I get time. I wish I knew who that was that telephoned me. She said she was an old friend of mine, but she 'wouldn't tell her name. Oh well, time will tell. She said she was going to call on me about three o'cock this afternoon. Let see. CLooks at watchj it's pretty near that now. KA knocking is heard at the door! That must be she now. fGoes to door and admits two women.l Good afternoon, Ladies! Walk right in. What can I do for you? Magoon: fto Rushfordj 'lherel I told you he wouldn't recognize us, was I not right? Don't you recognize me, Ralph? Wilson: No, I can.'t say that I do, but your face is familiar. Where have I met you before? Rushford: Did you ever know any girls by the name of Doris Rushford and Alice Magoon when you were in High School? Wilson: Why yes. They were both in my class. I remember when we--Well, I'll be!-No!-It can't be possible! But it is! Why, the last Iknew of you, Alice, you were on your way to Finland and you, Doris, were somewhere in New York. Magoon: Yes, I reurned a week ago. The secon.d night after I had arrived I went to the opera and whom should I see but Doris. I went to her after the performance and we have had a fine time ever since talk- ing over old times. Rushford: We heard that you were somewhere in the city and found your name by looking in the directory at our hotel. Wilson: Well, I am certainly glad to see you. I never expected to meet any of my classmates here. Magoon: What is this contraption on the table? Something you have been making? Wilson: Yes, I have just completed it. I haven't given it a fair trial as yet, but I belive it is going to work. Magoon: What is it, a radio moving picture machine? Wilson: No, not exactly, it is an ap- paratus which, when a name is inserted, will

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.10 R. H. S. SEARCHLIGHT Magoon: What has happened? What has she done? What else does it say? Wilson: fReadsJ She has just received the important position as head court steno- grapher. Rushford: Why, I thought from what it said that she had committed some terri- ble crime. Magoon: So did I. She must be a good stenographer to hold that job. Wilson.: Here's the next one. fReadsJ Wilbert J. Patton: Mr. Patton has now be- come a noted writer under the name of Howard White. His books are becoming known the world over. His last work and his best one bears the title of The Paradise of a Bachelor. Estella M. Greene: Miss Greene planned to be a school teacher. She took a two year's course in teacher's training at Johnson Normal School and had taught in Belvidere Academy one year when she decided to take up matrimony. She is now living happily with her family on a farm a short distance north of Samsonville, Vermont. That ends that list. Let's put the others through. I'm beginning to get interested myself. If I had only thought of it, I would have tried this before. Rushford: Who else is there? I can't seem to remember. Magoon: Well, we have left cut Arthur d haven't we? And Eddie Clark and Pon . - Rushford: Robert Corliss sat right in back of Eddie in school, we haven't men- tioned him. Wilson: Won't Eva Oliver's name go on this list too? KWrites the listj Magoon: Put Doris' name on and see what it says about her and your own, too. Wilson: I have them now. That makes six on this list and twelve before, that's all I guess. Here they go anyway. llnserts paper and repeats the setting of dials, etc. with the same result as before. Starts to read J. Edward Clark. Stop and stares at the paper.l Rushford: What's the trouble? Has something happened to him. Wilson: No! I should say not. Listen to this. lReadsJ J. Edward Clark: Mr. Clark the shortest boy in the class of '26 has attained the height of six feet eleven inches. He has ac- complished this feat by a simple physcal exercise. Here it is: First place the tips of the fingers of the right hand on the left shoulder and the tips of the fingers of the left hand on the right shoulder and without bending the knees, lean forward touching the toes'with the elbows. Do this exercise vigorously for ten minutes twice a day and the effects will be quickly noticeable. Mr. Clark is now the Physical Director at the University of Vermont. Arthur J. Pond: After leaving school he took up his favorite pastime, farming. He has been very successful in handling and improving various crops. Why, he is a second Luther Burbank Only recently he has grafted a Spanish onion to a certain rhubarb plant and the result is a brand new sort of sweet potato. Magoon: I am not a bit surprised at that. Farming was the only thing he ever really liked at school. Wilson: CReadsJ Robert W. Corliss: After leaving school he resumed his natural occupation of farming. After three years at this, however, he became tired of the work and desired something better. He is now General Manager of the Maple Hills Creamery Company at East Berkshire. Eva B. Oliver: After leaving Richford High School, Eva went to New York to take up telephone work. She has had many pro- posals of marriage but, much to the discom- fiture of her many admirers, she had made up her mind to remain in the state of single blessedness. Doris M. Rushford: Miss Rushford un- der the name of Madame Lozere is now playing a leading role in the Metropolitan Opera Company. She has been engaged, after much trouble to give a concert in the city of Montgomery on the evening of June 18. Rushford: I guess it is. I had almost forgotten the date myself. Aren't you going to read your name. - Wilson: fReadsl Ralph H. Wilson: When Mr. Wilson graduated from High School he was undecided what to do for his future occupation. He began a medical course, but gave it up because of ill health. Then he decided to take up the study of machinery and in this line of work he has made of number of useful inventions. Well that's all isn't it. My machine has certainly proved itself valuable and mechanically perfect.